The Rubery Book Award was founded in 2010, and it is the largest cash award for books independently published or self published in Great Britain.Birmingham Post, August 1, 2011 The London Review of Books described it as "independent publishing's response to the Booktrust and the Orange Prize."London Review of Books, Sept 2012 The Alliance of Independent Authors states, "holders of the respected Rubery Award [...] should be considered to have a quality endorsement."
In 2012 the award attracted submissions from five continents.Birmingham Mail, July 22, 2012 In 2015 entries were received from twenty countries: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.
Judges
Past and current judges include the following people.
Judith Allnatt, a writer of short stories and novels Gaynor Arnold, long listed author for the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction Simon Cheshire, children's author Ann Evans, children's author William Gallagher , author, lecturer, and playwright who writes Doctor Who audio dramas, stage plays, and has British journalism experience Laura Longrigg, literary agent Alan Mahar, cofounder and publisher of Tindal Street Press, writer of short stories and novels Paul McDonald, teacher of creative writing teacher, editor, and writer of poetry, short stories, novels, and literary criticism Chris Morgan, creative writing teacher and former Birmingham's Poet Laureate Pauline Morgan, judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Award Clare Morrall, short listed author for the Booker Prize Jeff Phelps, Poet and Stand winner
Successes Jacob M Appel, the 2013 book winner, has had many short stories published in literary journals. He also won Dundee International Book Prize which published his debut novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up. Angela Readman, the 2015 book winner, has had much success. She won the Costa Short Story Award in 2013, won the Saboteur Awards 2015, and was short listed for the Edgehill Prize 2016. Melanie Whipman, the 2012 short story winner, has had stories subsequently read on BBC Radio 4. She was also listed in 2017 for the Edgehill Prize.
Winners
Year Author Title Category 2011 Sarah James Into the Yell Poetry 2011 Lindsay Stanberry–Flynn Unravelling Fiction 2011 Winner Christine Donovan Jump Derry, Fiction 2012 Carol Mead and Gareth Davies Sea Things Children's Poetry 2012 Ann Victoria Roberts The Master's Tale Fiction2012 Winner Daniela Murphy The Restorer Fiction 2013 Sophie Neville Funnily Enough Non-Fiction 2013 T. D. Griggs Redemption Blues Fiction 2013 Winner Jacob M. Appel The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up Fiction 2014 Peter Reason Spindrift Non-Fiction 2014 JoeAnn Hart Float Fiction 2014 Winner Victor Tapner Flatlands Poetry 2015 Diana Kimpton The Green Sheep Children's 2015 Jo Riccion The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store Fiction 2015 Sasha Harding A Brush with the Coast Non Fiction 2015 Diana Whitney Wanting It Poetry Book of the Year 2015 Angela Readman Don't Try this at Home Short Stories 2016 Lisa Woollett Sea Journal Non Fiction2016 Annie Dawid York Ferry Fiction2016 Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat Children's PoetryBook of the Year 2016 Laura Tisdall Echoes YA 2017 Lena Adishian and Nareg Seferian Impact of an Ancient Nation Non Fiction 2017 Melanie Whipman Llama Sutra Short stories2017 Debbie Wise Rosie and Rufus Children's2017 John Toomey Slipping FictionBook of the Year 2017 Jaq Hazell My Life as a Bench YA2018Keith ChandlerThe Goldsmith's ApprenticePoetry2018Jenny Morris; illustrated by Sara HayatThe Thing on Mount SpringIllustrated Children's2018R. K. SaltersButterfly RanchFiction2018Wendy StorerBring Me SunshineYABook of the Year 2018David P MiraldiThe Edge of InnocenceNon Fiction2019Jacob M AppelAmazing Thins are Happening HereShort Stories2019Chad Alan GibbsTwo Like Me and YouYA2019Oz HardwickLearning to Have LostPoetry2019Lisa Anne Novelline; Nicola HwangPiccadilly and the Jolly RaindropsChildren'sBook of the Year 2019Claire Chao and Isabel Sun ChaoRemembering ShanghaiNon Fiction2020Stef Gemmill; illustrated by Mel ArmstrongA Home for LunaChildren's
Short Story Winners Sarah Evans "The Tipping Point" (2011) Melanie Whipman "Peacock Girl" (2012) Gill Blow "On the Bench" (2013) Gregory J Wolos "Still Life" (2014)
References
External links Official website